News On Japanhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/ All the latest news on JapanNewsOnJapan.comhttp://newsonjapan.com/images/noj_logo_small120x60.gifhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/ All the latest news on JapanJapan's new supercomputer Fugaku to begin operations around 2021http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124947.php Japan's new supercomputer Fugaku is set to begin operations around 2021 with the country aiming to regain the title of building the world's fastest computer, replacing its current supercomputer K, government-backed research institute Riken said Thursday. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-05-23 23:07:09http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124947.phpTEPCO: No foreigners on decommissioning for nowhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124937.php Tokyo Electric Power Company has put on hold its plans to hire foreigners under a new type of work visa in decommissioning work at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
(NHK)NHK2019-05-22 23:57:35http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124937.php99% of Pacific megaquake predictions likely to prove wrong: survey http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124920.php Japanese seismologists believe that nearly 99 percent of their predictions related to massive earthquakes in the Pacific off central and western Japan are likely to prove wrong, a survey conducted by Kansai University showed Sunday. (Kyodo)Kyodo2019-05-19 23:25:00http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124920.phpJapan to sign on to US moon exploration platformhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124918.php Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to sign an agreement on joint lunar exploration and other space-related projects when they meet here May 27, seeking to stay a step ahead of China and other rivals. (Nikkei)Nikkei2019-05-19 23:19:03http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124918.phpHayabusa2 aborts descent to asteroidhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124905.php Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has aborted its descent to asteroid Ryugu after it reached around 50 meters above the surface. The probe was supposed to drop a marker on the asteroid to prepare for another landing.
(NHK)NHK2019-05-17 00:10:24http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124905.phpJapan weather bureau sees 80% chance of El Nino continuing into summerhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124894.php Japan's weather bureau on Friday said the El Nino weather pattern was continuing, with an 80% chance it would stretch into the northern hemisphere summer.
(Japan Today)Japan Today2019-05-10 23:30:57http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124894.phpJapan space agency finds 10 other artificial craters made on asteroidhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124882.php Japan's space agency said Thursday 10 other smaller man-made craters had been found on an asteroid after its Hayabusa2 space probe produced an artificial crater last month as part of its mission to explore the origin of life and the evolution of the solar system. (Japan Today)Japan Today2019-05-09 23:07:34http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124882.phpJapanese venture firm's successful rocket launchhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124845.php A small rocket developed by a Japanese startup company was successfully launched on Saturday morning.
(NHK)NHK2019-05-03 22:32:25http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124845.phpSuspected drones found flying in Tokyohttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124843.php Japanese investigative sources say unidentified objects suspected to be drones have been spotted above several places in Tokyo, including an area near the Imperial Palace.
(NHK)NHK2019-05-02 21:56:30http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124843.phpJapan's hospitals scramble to secure doctors during 10-day Golden Weekhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124818.php Hospitals have been scrambling to secure enough doctors during the unprecedented Golden Week holiday period that began Saturday, which was extended to 10 days to accommodate the Imperial succession.
(Japan Times)Japan Times2019-04-28 00:32:32http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124818.phpJAXA confirms first ever crater made on asteroidhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124808.php Japan's space agency has confirmed that its Hayabusa2 space probe has succeeded in creating an artificial crater on the surface of an asteroid, the world's first attempt to study its interior.
(NHK)NHK2019-04-25 22:43:42http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124808.phpHayabusa2 to film impact site on asteroidhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124801.php A Japanese space probe is scheduled on Thursday to film an artificial crater made on the asteroid Ryugu in an impact experiment.
(NHK)NHK2019-04-24 23:12:38http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124801.phpToshiba develops 'world's fastest' algorithmhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124795.php Japanese electronics giant Toshiba says it's developed what it calls "the world's fastest" algorithm. The company says the formula will significantly boost the calculation power of standard computers.
(NHK)NHK2019-04-22 22:41:48http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124795.phpLife-size skeletal replica of Japan's largest dinosaur restoredhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124774.php What is believed to be Japan’s largest fossilized dinosaur skeleton has been restored as a life-size replica, researchers and officials from the town of Mukawa, in Hokkaido, where the original discovery was made, said Wednesday. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-04-17 20:17:28http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124774.phpMount Aso in Kumamoto eruptshttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124765.php Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has erupted.
(NHK)NHK2019-04-16 22:19:40http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124765.phpFujitsu technicians finish designing Post-K supercomputerhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124764.php Fujitsu Ltd. said Monday that, working with national research institute Riken, the major Japanese electronics maker has finished designing the successor to the K supercomputer. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-04-15 23:25:56http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124764.phpScientists unveil first-ever image of black holehttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124734.php An international group of scientists says it has successfully captured the first-ever image of a black hole -- an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing can escape it, not even light.
(NHK)NHK2019-04-10 22:16:27http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124734.phpJapan leads cloud gaming development by leveraging Nintendo's Switchhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124724.php Cloud gaming is generating a lot of hype with tech giants Google and Microsoft going all-in on the technology. However, in Japan cloud gaming has been a thing for years and while it is not mainstream, developers are increasingly looking for ways to allow players to access titles. (newsonjapan.com)newsonjapan.com2019-04-09 12:39:21http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124724.phpJAXA: Hayabusa2 likely succeeded in making craterhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124702.php The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency says it's highly likely that probe Hayabusa2 has succeeded in the world's first mission of creating a crater on an asteroid to study its interior.
(NHK)NHK2019-04-04 21:48:34http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124702.phpJapanese authorities say suicide of JAXA contractor was work-relatedhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124692.php Japanese authorities have recognized the October 2016 suicide of a man involved in satellite control operations at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Tsukuba Space Center as a work-related death, it was learned Wednesday. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-04-03 21:34:57http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124692.phpHayabusa2 to start descent for new missionhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124683.php Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe is set to start descending toward an asteroid in about two days on a new mission to create an artificial crater on its surface.
(NHK)NHK2019-04-02 18:57:20http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124683.phpPanel: People under 40 should get iodine firsthttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124669.php A panel of doctors in Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority says iodine tablets should be distributed in advance to residents under 40 to mitigate the effects of radiation exposure due to a nuclear accident.
(NHK)NHK2019-03-30 22:32:18http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124669.phpMan acquitted over cryptomining program that used site visitors' PCshttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124651.php A Japanese court on Wednesday acquitted a man of illicitly operating computer software after he embedded a program in his website to mine cryptocurrency using the computers of site visitors. (Japan Today)Japan Today2019-03-27 22:36:27http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124651.phpCO2 density in Japan rises again in 2018http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124650.php The Japan Meteorological Agency says the average density of carbon dioxide in the air over the country hit a record-high level last year at all fixed-observation points.
(NHK)NHK2019-03-27 22:22:56http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124650.phpResearchers discover Japan's oldest rock in western Japanhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124639.php Japanese researchers said Monday they have found the country's oldest known rock dating back 2.5 billion years in the western prefecture of Shimane, around 500 million years earlier than the previous oldest discovery. (Kyodo)Kyodo2019-03-25 22:44:50http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124639.php80% of young eels farmed in Japan may have been smuggled from Taiwanhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124637.php About 80 percent of young eels put into aquaculture pools in Japan in December and January may have been smuggled from Taiwan via Hong Kong, according to trade data and sources close to the matter. (Kyodo)Kyodo2019-03-25 22:37:38http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124637.phpGoogle charts its own course to the future in Japanese mapshttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124635.php The landscape of Japan's digital map industry is shifting as Google seeks to cash in on a treasure trove of next-generation services requiring maps by increasing its independence from local partner Zenrin. (Nikkei)Nikkei2019-03-25 22:30:08http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124635.phpHere's how Japan has become a leading technological powerhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124622.php Rarely a week passes without hearing about a new type of robot created in Japan. Every other country of the world is wondering how Japan has managed to become a leading technological power.
(newsonjapan.com)newsonjapan.com2019-03-22 12:59:54http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124622.phpHayabusa2 detects minerals containing water on Ryugu asteroidhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124617.php The unmanned space probe Hayabusa2 has detected small amounts of minerals containing water on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, a Japanese research team has said. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-03-20 22:25:34http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124617.phpHayabusa2 to create artificial crater on asteroidhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124605.php Japan's space probe operating on an asteroid some 340 million kilometers from Earth is preparing to study the asteroid's interior by creating an artificial impact crater.
(NHK)NHK2019-03-18 21:58:04http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124605.phpToyota and JAXA plan to send space rover to the moon in 2029http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124576.php Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will jointly develop a rover to be sent to the moon in 2029, amid fierce global competition to explore Earth’s natural satellite. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-03-12 21:16:50http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124576.phpHuge dead sperm whale found on beach in Japanhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124557.php A huge dead sperm whale has been found on a beach in eastern Japan.
(NHK)NHK2019-03-08 23:11:47http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124557.phpHayabusa2 to create artificial crater in Aprilhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124535.php The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency says its Hayabusa2 space probe will attempt to make a crater in the asteroid Ryugu next month.
(NHK)NHK2019-03-05 22:47:47http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124535.phpiPS-cell cornea approved for clinical studyhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124534.php A Japanese health ministry panel has approved a clinical study to transplant cornea tissues developed from human iPS cells, or induced pluripotent stem cells.
(NHK)NHK2019-03-05 22:46:59http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124534.phpWasabi could be secret ingredient to keep fire ants out of Japanhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124523.php While some people don't like wasabi on their sushi, it turns out that potentially deadly fire ants don't have an appetite for it either. (Asahi)Asahi2019-03-01 19:56:58http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124523.phpPanel: Japan Trench quake probability over 90%http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124497.php A Japanese government panel says the maximum probability of a magnitude-seven earthquake occurring along the Japan Trench in the next 30 years is more than 90 percent.
(NHK)NHK2019-02-26 21:31:00http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124497.phpHorned owl spotted in Tokyo residential areashttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124467.php There have been several horned owl sightings in residential areas of Tokyo. Police are looking for the bird to protect it and prevent it from harming people.
(NHK)NHK2019-02-20 22:52:38http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124467.phpJAXA: Data shows Hayabusa2 landed on Ryuguhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124463.php The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, says data from the Hayabusa2 space probe shows it had landed on the asteroid Ryugu. The spacecraft's task is to collect rock samples.
(NHK)NHK2019-02-20 22:31:26http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124463.phpJapan approves world-first trial using iPS cells to treat spinal cord injurieshttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124449.php The health ministry on Monday approved the world's first clinical test in which artificially derived stem cells will be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-02-18 23:11:28http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124449.phpOkinawan fisherman reel in two live oarfish, eat portion of onehttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124442.php Two rare deep-sea oarfish caught in fixed nets off Toya port on the southwest side of Okinawa stunned the local fishing community last month for simply being alive. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-02-17 22:54:13http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124442.phpThird outbreak of swine fever confirmed in Aichihttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124425.php A new outbreak of swine fever has been confirmed on a pig farm in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. It is the third farm in the prefecture to be hit by the highly contagious disease.
(NHK)NHK2019-02-13 08:05:35http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124425.phpThe fish that recognise themselves in the mirrorhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124415.php Fish may not be as stupid as they appear, as a study suggests they can recognise themselves in a mirror. (dailymail.co.uk)dailymail.co.uk2019-02-08 18:06:49http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124415.phpNext-generation bullet train car shown to mediahttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124414.php A developmental carriage from the next-generation bullet train has been shown to the media in western Japan.
(NHK)NHK2019-02-08 17:57:34http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124414.phpSwine flu spreads in Japan; gov't warns of 'extremely serious' phasehttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124402.php Japan's swine fever epidemic is spreading, with local authorities in five central and western prefectures saying Wednesday they are struggling to contain the highly contagious virus that was first reported in September.
(Japan Today)Japan Today2019-02-06 19:08:12http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124402.phpSightings of rare fish in Japan spark fears of natural disastershttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124392.php Recent sightings of a rare, serpent-like sea creature — which in Japanese lore, is thought to be a harbinger of natural disasters — have sent Japan’s social media into a frenzy. (news.com.au)news.com.au2019-02-04 08:04:26http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124392.phpFlu infection rates surge to record high across Japanhttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124380.php Japan is facing another winter flu crisis with a record-high average of 57.09 patients diagnosed last week with the ailment per medical institution conducting flu tests, the health ministry said Friday.
(NHK)NHK2019-02-01 22:48:10http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124380.phpWinter ice floes reach Hokkaidohttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124367.php The winter's first ice floes have reached the coast of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.
(NHK)NHK2019-01-29 21:20:43http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124367.phpNumber of flu patients nationwide hits second-highest level since 1999http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124356.php The number of influenza patients per medical institution in Japan in the week through last Sunday hit the second-highest level since the survey started in 1999, the health ministry has said. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-01-26 23:43:22http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124356.phpLatest trick for Sony's Aibo robotic pooch: Acting as watchdoghttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124336.php Sony Corp. on Wednesday showed off the latest tricks of its signature robotic dog, Aibo, including a new security capability of patrolling inside a house. (Japan Times)Japan Times2019-01-23 18:28:00http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124336.phpEpsilon-4 puts 7 satellites into orbithttp://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124306.php Japan's Epsilon-4 rocket has put into orbit seven small satellites that were developed by private-sector companies and universities.
(NHK)NHK2019-01-18 20:30:55http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/124306.php